SLNS Vijayabahu
Sri Lankan patrol vessel, former U.S. Coast Guard cutter, built in 1971
SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) (Sinhala: විජයබාහු, romanized: Vijayabāhu) is an advanced offshore patrol vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is named after King Vijayabahu I, founder of the medieval Sinhala kingdom of Polonnaruwa.
Formerly called USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) and USCGC Munro (WHEC-724), a high-endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard, she was then named for Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro (1919–1942), the only coast guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Munro was commissioned on September 27, 1971, at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 10th of 12 378-foot (115 m) cutters, she was the first to be named after a Coast Guard hero. The previously commissioned 378-footers had been named for former secretaries of the treasury, a tradition that began in 1830, when a cutter was named for Alexander Hamilton. Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Douglas Munro's mother, Edith, were on hand to commission Munro. The ship's original complement included 17 officers and 143 enlisted men.
Douglas Munro was placed into in-commission special status on March 31, 2021, beginning the process of decommissioning the final Hamilton-class cutter. Douglas Munro was decommissioned on April 24, 2021, and was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy on October 26, 2021, under pennant number P 627.
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